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I figured as much, thank you both for the replies. You know what they say, there are no stupid questions just stupid people. :)

Random maybe stupid question: I put a small zoo colony on a piece of live rock (about 20 polyps) which has now grown to over a 100 polyps and takes up a few square inches of the live rock. I know live rock hosts bacteria to help in filtration and the more surface area the better. My question is...

So far so good with the Remora. It was a bit loud for the first few weeks and did produce micro bubbles. However, after about 3 weeks or so that all went away. We have the tank in our living room not the bedroom so I can understand how loud that can be. We have to empty the cup every other day...

The skimmer is just a HOB by Remora, and the fuge is also HOB. I will try and get a pic up of the back of the tank that will show two different units.

That is quite an aggressive stocking plan. Are you looking to move up to a bigger tank soon?

Yes it is a hawkfish. I know they are supposed to go after shrimp. So far so good and he has been in there about 3-4 months. It probably helps that both cleaner shrimp are bigger than the fish. We are taking the shrimp out anyway until we catch the mantis that is stalking the tank.

The Picasso clowns have taken quite a liking to the frogspawn. We will have to get them an anemone soon.

Some new pics All the pointy growth on the birdsnest are new. The thing is just growing like that and we could not be happier: Our goby of the the pistol shrimp/goby pair made their home up front now (sorry for the streaks just had to take the pic then):

New pic of friends

You have a much bigger tank than we had when we had the coral banded so you might be ok. Ours started with the aggressive posturing and then ate six shrimp and a cleaner goby. I know people who have kept them just fine in bigger tanks, so i don't want to scare you. If your shrimp start to vanish...

So I found the article now that I am home and will be quoting form that. He has a 50 g display and 24g sump with 8.5 pounds of live rock for the whole system. He does have a live sand bed but it does not look deep. He has 100 different types of coral, sps mostly, and 40 fish, mostly small. He...

I agree with phyl a blenny or goby/pistol shrimp should be fine. The shrimp you have to keep your eye on is the coral banded. Once he started molting and getting bigger, he ate all of our other shrimp.

When I get home I will do my best to find that article and let you know his system. It was quite impressive.

We have a 5 gallon acrylic tank at the ready when we catch him. Someone has already claimed him now the task is catching him. He moved a mushroom over the entrance to his cave so you can't even see if he is inside or not. We will just have to be patient.

There was an article in coral magazine about a guy with a tank like this. He has a 55 gallon with 8 pounds of live rock. The tank is full of all different types of coral (like 100 kinds) and a bunch of fish. He runs a NeoZeo system to keep it clean. The tank is gorgeous. And I will search for...

Do you ever see them during the day? Mine used to come out at feeding time and that is when I grabbed the buggers. Also, if you find where they are hiding then you only need to pull out that rock. If you don't see them during the day, turn the tank lights off and just wait. I would recommend...

Merv I would be very interested in seeing a thread on putting together some rock work like that. I am not very handy, but I can learn for something as beautiful as that.

What makes that tank is the gorgeous piece of live rock. I guess I just have to get a tank big enough to fit that piece, and than find that piece.

What kind of vodka are you dosing? He could have been a vodak snob. ;) Do you have any hermits in the tank? Most people reup there cleanup crew yearly because they usually die out or hunt eachother to extinction.

Have you changed your lighting at all? How is the heat level in the tank? Mushrooms are very hardy, but a water change rarely ever hurts.